Squeeze Plays
by Jeffrey Marshall
GENRE: Fiction
PUBLICATION DATE: 06/25/2022
DESCRIPTION:
A modern tableau about money and power set in New York and London.
Two powerful men, a bank chief executive and a New York tabloid publisher, are at odds over a loan that would keep the publisher afloat. Enter a ruthless Russian oligarch with an offer of a financial life raft to the publisher – a gambit uncovered by a dogged financial reporter who senses a big story.
In Squeeze Plays, Jeffrey Marshall whisks us into the paneled boardrooms and lavish penthouses of the New York elite and shows us their lifestyle, their desires and their foibles. Using his background as a financial journalist, he carefully details the reporter’s story, which ties the central characters together in what becomes a stunning front-page expose. Along the way, the reader visits New York, London, Nantucket and the English countryside and sees not just financial skullduggery but sexual blackmail, strong and principled female characters and a brisk and satirical take on the downsides of wealth and power.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Jeffrey Marshall is a writer, novelist and poet. He's the author of five books, including the novels Squeeze Plays, Little Miss Sure Shot and Undetected and a collection of poems, River Ice. A retired journalist and the former editor of two national business magazines, Marshall has freelanced to more than 30 publications as varied as The New York Times, High Country News and Tail Fly-Fishing Magazine, and his short fiction has appeared in online magazines like Bright Flash Literary Review, Ariel Chart and Vocal.com, among others. A short story he wrote took first place in the 2022 Arizona Authors competition, and both Undetected and Squeeze Plays were named as Notable Indie books by ShelfUnbound in 2000 and 2022, respectively. Marshall has degrees from Princeton and Northwestern and lives in Scottsdale, AZ, with his wife, Judy, and dogs Maggie and Blaze.
REVIEWS:
Five star reviews: Manhattan Book Review; San Francisco Book Review; Midwest Book Review; Readers Favorite; BookTrib.
“Jeffrey Marshall presents a fine consideration of high society, the seats and roots of power, and the motivations and special interests that drive them… As his story swirls through the upper echelons of New York, London, and the lives of men and women who would grasp and hold financial and political power, he leads readers on a romp through different worlds that become connected by power plays and personal gain…. Business and political satire are introduced to give the story a wry sense of comic relief… It’s an involving story that takes many unpredictable twists and turns as it winds through business and political influences on poor and good decisions alike.”
— Midwest Book Review
“Marshall’s jocular prose is a perfect match for the blazer-clad, sharp-elbowed world… delightfully barbed sendups of the New York business milieu.” - Kirkus Reviews
COMPARATIVE FILM/BOOK:
Bonfire of the Vanities, Arbitrage, Succession, Tycoon
CASTING:
Winston Crumm - Michael Shannon; Corbin van Sloot - Ryan Gosling; Bob Mandell - Bob Balaban
PRIMARY VENUES/LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BOOK:
New York (Manhattan), London, Nantucket, English countryside
BOOK EXCERPT:
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